Book IWD Speaker: Clare McEwen
Women's football historian & author of She Can Kick It who speaks on how the women's game was built, banned & rebuilt across the world
Clare McEwen is a women's football historian and journalist.
She is the author of She Can Kick It, a history of women's football across the world, and Managing Editor of The New Women's Sport Magazine.
She writes a women's football Substack read by more than 500 subscribers and has contributed to features on BBC Radio Oxford and BBC Radio Berkshire.
Topics Clare can speak on:
- The global history of women's football, from its early popularity to its growth today
- The 1921 FA ban, and how bans on women playing spread to other countries
- The inspiring women who kept playing through the ban years, and the teams, leagues and tournaments they built
- The Lionesses and the rise of women's football in England
- The Women's World Cup and international women's football growth
- How the history of the game shapes the game now
Clare adapts talks for events, panels, schools, clubs and sports organisations, in person or online.
She is based in the UK.
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